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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6df9a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Adjust vertical or horizontal scaling</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6df8a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Scale text by resizing the text frame in InDesign</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS58b67d046ae8e03c3546c0100491f5e6c-7ff3a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Determine the appearance of scaled text values</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>You
can specify the proportion between the height and width of the type, relative
to the original width and height of the characters. Unscaled characters have
a value of 100%. Some type families include a true <dfn class="term">expanded
font</dfn>, which is designed with a larger horizontal spread than
the plain type style. <dfn class="term">Scaling</dfn> distorts the type, so
it is generally preferable to use a font that is designed as condensed or
expanded, if one is available.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="op_08" src="images/op_08.png" /><div class="figdesc">Scaling fonts horizontally</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Unscaled type</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Unscaled
type in condensed font</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Scaled
type in condensed font</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div><p>For
a video on scaling objects, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid4030" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid4030</a>.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6df9a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6df9a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Adjust vertical or horizontal scaling</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select text you want to scale.</span></li>
<li><span>In the Character panel or Control panel, type a numeric
value to change the percentage of Vertical Scaling&#160;<img src="images/P_TextVertScale_Md_N.png" /> or
Horizontal Scaling&#160;<img src="images/P_TextHorizScale_Md_N.png" />.</span></li>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6df8a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6df8a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Scale text by resizing the text frame in InDesign</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do
any of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Using the Selection tool, hold down Ctrl
(Windows) or Command (Mac&#160;OS), and then drag a corner of
the text frame to resize it.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Using the Scale tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Scale_Lg_N.png" />, resize
the frame. </p>
<p>(See <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6eeba.html">Scale objects</a>.)</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<div id="WS58b67d046ae8e03c3546c0100491f5e6c-7ff3a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS58b67d046ae8e03c3546c0100491f5e6c-7ff3a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Determine the appearance of scaled text values</h3><div><div class="section"><p>When you change the scale of a frame, the
text inside the frame is also scaled. For example, when you double
the size of a text frame, the text also doubles in size; 20-point
text increases to 40 points. </p>
<p>You can change a preferences
option to indicate how scaled text appears in panels:</p>
<ul><li><p>By default, with Apply To Content selected, the Font Size
boxes in the Control panel and Character panel list the new size
of text (such as 40 pt). If you select the Adjust Scaling Percentage
option, the Font Size boxes display both the original and the scaled
size of the text, such as “20 pt (40).”</p>
</li>
<li><p>The scaling values in the Transform panel tell you the horizontal
and vertical percentage by which the frame was scaled. By default,
with Apply To Content selected, scaling values display at 100% after
a text is scaled. If you select the Adjust Scaling Percentage option,
the scaling values reflect the scaled frame, so doubling the scale
of a frame displays as 200%.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Tracking scale changes
to frames is useful if you have to revert a frame and the text inside
it to their original size. It’s useful as well for finding out by
how much you changed the size of a frame. To track scale changes
to frames and the text inside these frames:</p>
<ol><li><p>Choose
Edit&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt; General (Windows) or
InDesign&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt; General (Mac&#160;OS).</p>
</li>
<li><p>Select Adjust Scaling Percentage, and then click&#160;OK.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Note
the following:</p>
<ul><li><p>The Adjust Scaling Percentage preference
applies to frames that you scale after the preference is turned
on, not to existing frames.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The Adjust Scaling Percentage preference stays with the text.
The scaled point size continues to appear in parentheses even if
you turn off the Adjust Scaling Percentage preference and scale
the frame again.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To remove the scaled point size from the Transform panel,
choose Redefine Scaling as 100% in the Transform panel. Choosing
this option doesn’t change the appearance of the scaled frame.</p>
</li>
<li><p>If you edit the text or scale a frame within threaded frames
when the Adjust Scaling Percentage preference is selected, the text
is scaled, even if it moves to a different frame. However, if Apply
To Content is selected, any text that flows to a different frame
as a result of editing is no longer scaled.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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